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2. Despite Crackdown, Craigslist's Sex Ads Are Thriving - AOL

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   Craigslist has provided people on all sides of prostitution -- solo prostitutes, pimps, law enforcement, and customers -- a clearinghouse to advertise and connect. Attorneys General from across ...

3. Craigslist Censors Its 'Adult Services' Listings: Refunds on ...

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   Craigslist began charging for the listings and said it planned to closely monitor them. In a joint-letter signed last month by attorneys generals from 17 states, the multi-state task force had ...

4. craigslist - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Classified advertisements website Craigslist Inc. Logo used since 1995 Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 Type of business Private Type of site Classifieds, forums Available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Founded 1995 ; 30 years ago (1995 ...

5. Personal advertisement - Wikipedia

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   The most famous "sun and spring" was Gustaf Raskenstam , who used personal ads to defraud over a hundred women of money in the 1940s. [31] The U.S. Postal Service warned consumers of fraudulent activity associated with "lonely hearts clubs" in its 1967 Mail Fraud booklet. Some people use personal ads to ask for money, supposedly to travel to ...

6. Backpage - Wikipedia

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   Backpage was a classified advertising website founded in 2004 by the alternative newspaper chain New Times Inc./New Times Media (later known as Village Voice Media or VVM) as a rival to Craigslist. [1] Similar to Craigslist, Backpage let users post ads to categories such as personals, automotive, rentals, jobs and adult services. It soon became ...

7. NYC's 'stooping' phenomenon: How people moving in ... - AOL

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   @curbalertnyc is New York’s second-largest stooping account, and it came to be via its anonymous founder’s passion for sustainability. “I used to see 'curb alert listings on Craigslist, but ...

8. Missed connection - Wikipedia

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   The "Missed Connections" section of Craigslist gets thousands of ads of this type every month in New York City, San Francisco, and Seattle. [1] The feature was started by Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist's CEO, after he noticed a common type of posting in their personal ads, which he characterized as "you-smiled-at-me-on-the-subway-platform". He sees ...

9. Entire town of 'beautiful single women' seeking suitors - AOL

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   In southeast Brazil there is a town called Noiva do Cordeiro, which translates to "Bride of the Lamb." The town is reportedly known for being made up entirely of beautiful woman ... and they're ...